Symphonies of Iowa September 24, 2012

Orchestra Iowa’s Season of Fifth Symphonies continues with Bruckner’s bombastic and brassy middle symphony. Timothy Hankewich leads the orchestra in their performance of Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony, which epitomizes the height of the German romantic period. The Bruckner Society of America, formed in 1931, promotes the work of Bruckner and helped make this Orchestra Iowa concert possible. The society also presents the Bruckner Medal of Honor, which has been received by such distinguished music directors as Serge Koussevitsky, Eugene Ormandy, and Arturo Toscanini.